Benefits

* Reduce development time and cost—SOA services are easily reused and can be rapidly assembled into new, composite applications
* Lower maintenance costs—Reusable services reduce the number and internal complexity of IT services
* Higher quality services—Increased service reuse creates higher-quality services through multiple testing cycles from different service consumers
* Lower integration costs—Standardized services know how to work together, enabling disparate applications to quickly and easily connect
* Reduce risk—Fewer, reusable services provide greater control over corporate and IT governance policies and reduce the overall compliance risk